A prisoner has escaped from a hospital in Andalucia by climbing out the window using knotted bedsheets – before fleeing on an electric scooter.
According to staff at Jerez Hospital, in Cadiz, the alarm was raised when nurses entered the room at the start of their shift and discovered it empty, with the window wide open and bedsheets hanging down the facade.
More information about the identity of the fugitive and what he was jailed for yet to be released.
‘There was police surveillance posted outside the room,’ said a hospital source. ‘But when the nurses came in to check his temperature and vitals, he was already gone.’
The escape is believed to have taken place at around 4am Thursday, when the inmate, who was reportedly being treated for scabies, slipped out unnoticed.
After descending from the hospital room using the makeshift rope, he fled the scene using an electric scooter, according to staff accounts shared with local media.
The room’s window, described as a standard aluminium double-sash, had no security locks, raising questions about safety protocols in rooms used for detainees under police custody.
Authorities have confirmed that the man was in the hospital under police supervision, awaiting transfer to prison following his discharge.
However, only one officer was reportedly stationed outside the room, and the window had not been secured.
Hospital administrators have not yet issued a public statement, but sources from within the health district have confirmed the basic sequence of events.
The Policia Nacional have launched an active search for the escapee. A spokesperson said that all available resources are being directed toward locating and arresting the individual, who remains at large.
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